24 and I'm almost overWasted when I try to be soberFeeling down so you try to get fucked upYou're up but you're still down on your luckMet a girl on the 4th of July, Celebrations only lasted one nightShe OD'd in back of my carTurns out she likes to see stars

That's the life of a rockstar babyComing with me, don't say maybeWe'll fuck around for a few years laterThen buy a house in the ‘burbs with neighborsFour kids sitting happy by the poolsideAll the memories tattooed on my mindEven though this all ends somedayI hope the music never dies

California what a way to dieWhen the stars are falling and you don't know whyCalifornia what a way to dieWhat a way to die

In the motel gun to your headWho the hell is this lying in bedYou blacked out when the sky was still bluePeople say what happened to you.You went away when the new guy moved inTo your head, no you're living in sinAll the girls left draped in the flagStrung out and high on hashtags

That's the life of a rockstar babyComing with me, don't say maybeWe'll fuck around for a few years laterThen buy a house in the ‘burbs with neighborsFour kids sitting happy by the poolsideAll the memories tattooed on my mindEven though this all ends somedayI hope the music never dies

California what a way to dieWhen the stars are falling and you don't know whyCalifornia what a way to dieWhat a way to die